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Garbage/recycling schedule unchanged next week

COVINGTON, Ky. - The solemnity of Memorial Day doesn’t keep America from throwing cookouts during the three-day weekend.   So don’t fret if you’re beset with growing piles of gnawed-on corn cobs, fried chicken bones, empty drink bottles, and hot dog packaging (drenched in that foul-smelling “juice”).   You will be able to get rid of all that stuff ...

Hoops clinic for Covington youth

An impromptu “photo shoot” at Barb Cook Park last year showcased basketball style, but a clinic at Randolph Park on June 1 will focus on teaching skills. Focus: Basic skills (cuz even Steph Curry started somewhere) COVINGTON, Ky. - Whether your kid has NBA dreams or wants to try out for their school team this fall, the City of Covington is holding a basketball skills clinic on June 1 ...

New entertainment zone would help festivals

COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is poised to adopt a regulation that - during certain festivals and special events - would allow visitors to walk between establishments throughout parts of downtown with an open beer, cup of bourbon or other alcohol.   “It will NOT allow people to run wild through the streets of Covington with open containers whenever they choose,” City Soli...

Needed: Companies to anchor bike ‘staples’

The bike “staple” anchored on Pike Street earlier this spring sees a lot of use.   Devou Good seeks to install up to 500 racks on City sidewalks  COVINGTON, Ky. - Time is running out for companies interested in bolting up to 500 bike racks, or “staples,” to sidewalks in Covington.   Friday is the deadline to respond to a request for bids (RFP) issued by the l...

Historic buildings on statewide tour

The Porter-Fallis-Lovell house   COVINGTON, Ky. - Two of Covington’s historic structures will be open to the public this weekend as part of statewide celebration of National Historic Preservation Month.  The Porter-Fallis-Lovell House at 412 E. Second St. and the Baker-Hunt Art & Cultural Center campus at 620 Greenup St. will be open for tours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both Saturd...

‘Paz Peace Pax’

Artist Ximena Flores, posing in the middle of friends, designed the “Peace” mosaic being installed this weekend in Father Hanses Park at W. 11th Street and Hermes Avenue. Event shows up new mosaic in Father Hanses Park  COVINGTON, Ky. - Two years ago, the grand re-opening of Covington’s Father Hanses Park celebrated the completed first phase of several rounds of improvements...

No butts allowed

Covington is joining a national effort to eradicate cigarette litter. New ‘urns,’ campaign target cigarette litter in Covington  COVINGTON, Ky. - A cigarette butt is small - just an inch or so long - so flicking a single butt onto a sidewalk can seem an insignificant act.   Except that: A butt is made of cellulose acetate, a plastic that can take 18 months to 10 years to...

Street hockey, RNCs & H/T turns 80

COVINGTON, Ky. - Whether you’re into outdoor movies, pop-up art galleries, or rear naked chokes (the martial arts submission hold, guaranteed to make you go nighty-night if you don’t tap quick enough), this weekend in LoveTheCov has an event for you.   See, we do things a little different. So the sports featured this weekend are a street hockey tournament, outdoor yoga, ...

Whatever sacrifices necessary ...

The Northern Kentucky Regional Rifle Team gives a 21-gun salute. Annual service in Covington honors 37 fallen peace officers COVINGTON, Ky. - The annual ceremony to honor Northern Kentucky peace officers who have died in the line of duty played out this morning near the Covington riverfront in a cacophony of sound: ...

No retreat on recycling

The paper line at Rumpke’s recycling operation (Photo courtesy of Rumpke Waste & Recycling) Covington efforts gaining momentum despite pullback elsewhere   COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington residents should continue recycling paper products, and residents should rest assured that those products and others are going to mills to be broken down and reused - NOT dumped into landfills.   T...
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